Are we making our children safer and secure with our actions?

Writer is Chief Visionary Officer of World’s First Smart Thinking Tank ” Beyond The Horizon” and most diverse professional of Pakistan. See writer’s profile at http://beyondthehorizon.com.pk/about/

Accidents may happen to anyone, anywhere or even without own fault. But some accidents are result of poor grooming and training of children. If lessons of morals, discipline and values are given to children more than money and luxuries, children will be safer and better.

Did we ever groom our children not to use mobile while driving or always fasten seatbelt or avoid high speeds or follow traffic rules or avoid alcohol, If answer is “NO”, accidents will be most likely to happen one day and it can be fatal. New Year car accident may just be one incident.

I have seen self made parents with wealth and success but the wealth and success once transferred to next generation without proper training and grooming, I have seen disasters.

One lesson is also to be polite with our employees, staff and servants. Their deficiency and faults should be addressed through the art of managment but not harshness and Insults. I walked into the office of one such youngster recently and found him abusing and threatening his servant with dire consequences. It was such an ugly situation that I prayed to Allah to forgive my such faults in the past and made a pledge I would never treat my servants and staff like this. May Allah forgive our grave mistakes. We must be polite to the weaker.

Hazrat Umar was busy in State Affairs when an ordinary and ignorant person interrupted him with his personal problem by holding his hand. Hazrat Umar pushed him with his stick and snubbed him by saying ” Don’t you know I am busy in state affairs”. The aggrieved person left embarrassed and humiliated. Hazrat Umar immediately realised his unintentional offence, he sent his son to bring back the complainant and begged apology from him. Hazrat Umar gave his stick to complainant to hit him back in the same manner he was hit. The complainant in a state of shock, refused to hit back Hazrat Umar. Hazrat Umar insisted that either complainant should hit him or forgive him. Hazrat Umar kept begging his forgiveness till he was granted by the complainant. This was the ruler who conquered Romans and Persian Empires.